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Correspondence and The Roving Mind

2-01

  • Gulotta, Victor [Prometheus Books, Buffalo, NY] to Isaac Asimov [New York, NY]. November 13, 1982. TLS, 1 leaf. Attached to: Marketing Questionnaire regarding The Roving Mind. November 9, 1982. Typed responses. Original Envelope.
  • Gulotta, Victor [Auburndale, MA] to Charles Apfelbaum [Valley Stream, NY]. September 1, 1992. TLS, 1 leaf, photocopy.

2-02

  • Asimov, Isaac [New York, NY] to Victor Gulotta [Prometheus Books, Buffalo, NY]. August 29, 1982. TLS, 1 leaf. Attached is the original envelope.
    *Asimov, Isaac [New York, NY] to Victor Gulotta [Prometheus Books, Buffalo, NY]. July 28, 1982. TLS, 1 leaf. Attached is the original envelope.
  • Asimov, Isaac [New York, NY] to Victor Gulotta [Prometheus Books, Buffalo, NY]. July 5, 1981. TLS, 1 leaf. Attached is the original envelope.

2-03

  • Asimov, Isaac [New York, NY] to Victor Gulotta [Prometheus Books, Buffalo, NY]. March 30, 1981. TLS, 1 leaf. Attached is the original envelope.
  • Asimov, Isaac [New York, NY] to Victor Gulotta [Prometheus Books, Buffalo, NY]. August 13, 1982. TLS, 1 leaf. Attached is the original envelope.
  • Asimov, Isaac [New York, NY] to Victor Gulotta [Prometheus Books, Buffalo, NY]. April 4, 1981. TLS, 1 leaf. Attached is the original envelope.

2-04

  • Asimov, Isaac [New York, NY] to Victor Gulotta [Prometheus Books, Buffalo, NY]. July 10, 1982. TLS, 1 leaf. Attached is the original envelope.
  • Asimov, Isaac [New York, NY] to Victor Gulotta [Prometheus Books, Buffalo, NY]. November 3, 1983. TLS, 1 leaf. Attached is the original envelope.
  • Asimov, Isaac [New York, NY] to Victor Gulotta [Prometheus Books, Buffalo, NY]. March 31, 1983. TLS, 1 leaf. Attached is the original envelope.

2-05

  • Asimov, Isaac [New York, NY] to Victor Gulotta [Prometheus Books, Buffalo, NY]. December 22, 1982. TLS, 1 postcard.
  • Asimov, Isaac [New York, NY] to Victor Gulotta [Prometheus Books, Buffalo, NY]. February 8, 1987. TLS, 1 leaf.
  • Asimov, Isaac [New York, NY] to Victor Gulotta [Prometheus Books, Buffalo, NY]. February 18, 1987. TLS, 1 leaf.

2-06

  • Asimov, Isaac [New York, NY] to Victor Gulotta [Prometheus Books, Buffalo, NY]. June 29, 1982. TLS, 1 leaf.
  • Asimov, Isaac [New York, NY] to Victor Gulotta [Prometheus Books, Buffalo, NY]. September 12, 1982. TLS, 1 leaf.
  • Asimov, Isaac [New York, NY] to Victor Gulotta [Prometheus Books, Buffalo, NY]. January 20, 1983. TLS, 1 leaf.

2-07

  • Asimov, Isaac [New York, NY] to Victor Gulotta [Prometheus Books, Buffalo, NY]. March 18, 1984. TLS, 1 leaf.
  • Asimov, Isaac [New York, NY] to Victor Gulotta [Prometheus Books, Buffalo, NY]. March 11, 1984. TLS, 1 leaf.
  • Asimov, Isaac [New York, NY] to Victor Gulotta [Prometheus Books, Buffalo, NY]. September 19, 1986. TLS, 1 leaf.

2-08

  • Asimov, Isaac [New York, NY] to Victor Gulotta [Prometheus Books, Buffalo, NY]. November 26, 1986. TLS, 1 leaf.
  • Asimov, Isaac [New York, NY] to Victor Gulotta [Prometheus Books, Buffalo, NY]. October 24, 1986. TLS, 1 leaf.

2-09

  • Asimov, Isaac. Original manuscript of The Roving Mind. Typed, 520 leaves, carbon copies, undated

2-10

  • Asimov, Isaac. First Edition of The Roving Mind. Included is the original dust jacket, 1983.

Isaac Asimov Collection

  • TxAM-CRS C000272
  • Collection
  • 1957-1992

This collection includes an assortment of manuscripts and correspondence of Isaac Asimov, including short stories, novels, non-fiction, and correspondence with publishers. The segment on the submission of "Stay, Oh Fleeting Moment," a nonfiction piece on time and the subsequent correspondence, internal documentation of Playboy editors and readers, and the rejection of the article providing an informative look at the working of a major magazine.

Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992

Manuscripts

1-1: “Galleys of Change!”. Houghton, Mifflin Co. 1981. 71 sheets.

1-2: Manuscript of Fact and Fancy. Typed, 269 leaves, with printer's marks.

1-3: Reader's set of galleys for Fact and Fancy. August 11, 1961.

1-4: Original manuscript of “The Unrare Earths” published in Fantastic Universe. September 1957. Original manuscript, 7 leaves. “The Unrare Earths” publisher's galley. 1 leaf.

Past, Present, Future, "Stay, Oh Fleeting Moment," and Related Correspondence

3-1: Asimov, Isaac. Original manuscript of Past, Present, Future. Typed, 550 leaves, carbon copies, undated.

3-2: Asimov, Isaac. First Edition of Past, Present, Future. Included is the original dust jacket, 1987.

3-3: "Stay, Oh Fleeting Moment" and related correspondence.

  • Original typescript essay with authorial corrections in ink with corrected carbon copy and typed letter signed ( "Isaac") to Playboy magazine editor Murray Fisher, together with 13 additional letters to Playboy editors: Fisher (6), James Goode (6), and A.C. Spectorsky (2), retained copies of Playboy correspondence, internal memos, and readers' reports.
  • West Newton, Mass: August 22 1962-December 15, 1967. In the early and middle 1960s, Playboy editors repeatedly sought articles on scientific topics from Isaac Asimov, the prolific science and science fiction writer, on subjects including relativity and time travel, robotics, and genetic manipulation. Asimov (1920-1992) wrote "Stay, Oh Fleeting Moment," an 1800-word essay on the effects of time dilation for Playboy in early 1963. The associated correspondence documents the editorial response that led to the piece's rejection. Two further pieces were commissioned in 1964 and 1967.